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Welcome Homer Center Wildcat Faculty
"We perish for want of wonder, not for want of wonders." G.K. Chesterton
Table of Contents
Survey
Videos
Websites from Today
STEM Specific
Miscellaneous
Final Survey results
Survey
Click here to see
the results
Videos
Waikato.wmv
- Why science is important. (Everyone was OK.)
On youtube
What Matters in STEM
- What are your thoughts?
Shift Happens
- This one got the conversation started.
Here's version 4
The World is Flat
- Thomas Friedman's talk at MIT.
WATCH THIS!!
Click Play now in the box above his picture. Real Player required
Ted Talks
- THE BEST videos of THE BEST speakers in the world!
Robert Ballard
- a truly inspiring talk
Carolyn Porco
- Flies to Saturn
Bill Stone
explores the world's deepest caves
Captain Charles Moore
- on Seas of Plastic
We're ALL Cyborgs now
- a Ted talk. How we're always connected
PopTech
- MORE outstanding videos. EXCELLENT writing prompts
Chris Jordan
- polluting plastics.
Ryan Smith
- Turn raw sewage into biodegradable plastic
This is how we Dream (Part 1)
- a fascinating talk about the changes taking place in how we communicate.
This is how we dream (Part 2)
- make sure you watch both parts. From Richard Miller, Rutgers.
RSAnimate - Sir Ken Robinson
's talk on the changing Educational Paradigm. Really - watch this one.
Math Videos
Conrad Wolfram
- Brother of Stephen Wolfram of WolframAlpha talks about
how we teach Math
with computers
Dan Meyer
- math teacher talks about his ideas of
making math more relevant
Abbott and Costello's Math
- Curious logic to his misunderstanding
The NEW Science of Origami
- the MATH has been solved!
The Gauss Christmas
- VERY clever
Doodling in Math Class
- NOT a waste of time.
More from ViHart
Science Career Ladder
- from Changetheequation
Social Studies teachers -
watch this video
about the uprising in Egypt. There are powerful lessons in here.
SlideShare Example - Upload a powerpoint, get the embed code, and put it on a wiki page or in Moodle. Use the discussion forums to discuss it.
Websites from Today
Creative Commons Images
Creative Commons Search
- find images tagged with Creative Commons license
Copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com
- Dr Joyce Valenza's excellent wiki
Google images -
advanced search
Yahoo images
advanced search
Search Tips and Sites
Google Guide
- nice search tips
news.google.com
- even search by specific sources
Country Domain Codes
- for advanced Google searches
Google for Teachers
- lots of good stuff in here
WolframAlpha
- get the answers from this computational knowledge engine
Wolfram Demonstrations project
Goofram
- combines Google and Wolfram
Qwiki
- a preview of this amazing concept
paper.li
- here's an
example
PowerPoint Alternatives
An
Ignite example
(20 slides at 15 seconds each.) - youtube video
Scribd.com
- the (good) powerpoint example from a student
Misc
PollEverywhere
- free online polling w/ up to 30 responses per poll
Diigo
- sign up for the Education account
here
Microsoft's
Free Tools for Teachers
- if you've not seen these, check them out
Google Art Project
- for the Art teachers. Virtual tours in Galleries and Museums
STEM Specific
DefinedStem
- free for the year
Change The Equation
- interactive map
Education Equality Project
- excellent resources
Diigo sites for STEM
All items tagged with
stem
on Diigo
Popular stem sites
on delicious
Math applets
delicious sites tagged with
applets
,
applet
Diigo list of
applets
sites.
Manipulatives
Physlets
A
Google search
for physlets
A Diigo list
A
Delicious list
20 Great Resources for STEM
17 more
We've come a LONG way, baby!
From that (above) to
THIS
!
Miscellaneous
Qzoom
- get the ability to zoom into your screen.
Using Twitter in Class:
Twitter feed for #jan25 hashtag
Got a Livescribe pen?
Final Survey results
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"We perish for want of wonder, not for want of wonders." G.K. Chesterton
Table of Contents
Survey
Click here to see the resultsVideos
SlideShare Example - Upload a powerpoint, get the embed code, and put it on a wiki page or in Moodle. Use the discussion forums to discuss it.
Websites from Today
STEM Specific
Miscellaneous
Final Survey results